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JOHN CLARENCE nannies, or STELLA, Hemsida LAWN-Movies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908i 'Application sied November e, 1907. serai No. 406,992.

To all whom. it may concern:-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. Italiaans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stella, in the county of Richardson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Mowers; alid I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in lawn mowers of that, class having rotary blades or reels and my object is to provide a wearing plate for the blades and arrange the forward edge thereof in such manner as to keep the grass from slipping when engaged by the blades, said blades being arranged to give a shearing motion when rotated and a further object is to provide means for preventing the driving wheels of thc'mower from slipping.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made apart of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved mower complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional View, and, Fig. 3 is a plan view of t-he wearing plate removed from the mower. Fig. 4 is a detailed pers ective view showing a segment of one of tlie driving wheels and the teeth or cogs thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates stub shafts, on which are rotatably mounted driving wheels 2 the treads of said wheels being provided with cone shaped prongs 3, which are adapted to engage the soil as the mower is moved thereover and prevent the wheels from slipping.

Iiotat-ably mounted on a shaft 8a, between frames 3b, to which the stub shafts 1 are secured, is a reel 4, t-o which is secured a plu# rality of cutting blades 5, the forward edges of which are beveled and adapted to engage a wearing plate 6 and sever the grass as the mower travels thereover, said plate being located at a point adjacent the earths surface and in the path of said blades. This wearing-plate 6 is secured to a cross plate 6a secured at its ends to the side frames Sthand said cross plate 6a is so formedas to osition the wearing pla-te 6 beneath the o wcr edges of the side frames 3.

The forward edge of the plate 6 is tapered so that a sharp edge will be presented to the cutting edges of the blades 5 and in order to scpaiate the grass into tufts and hold the same from moving laterally from in front of the cutting blades, the tapered edge of the plat-e 6 is provided with a plurality of V- sha ed notches T, which have their to is beveled in the same plane and into which the grass enters as the mower is moved forwardly and by forming 4the forward edge of the plate in this manner and arranging the blades in the inannersli wn, they will have a shearing movementiii 'passing'over the plate.

The blades -arulriven by providing the usual form of gearing (not shown) between the wheels 2 andthesliaft 3, on which the reel 4 is fixed and .is the mower is driven forwardly by means oi'tlieiisual form of handle 8, it will be readily 'e ftliat the blades will be rapidly rotated a `d\;the cutting edges thereof moved into engagement with the wearing plate 6. It will. be 'further seen that by providing the V-sliaped notches at the forward edge of the plate-5, the grass will be positively severed and prevented from moving laterali;v when engaged by the cutting blades and it will also be seen -that b y tapering the forward edge of the plate said plate niav be readily adjusted towardsthe cutting blades as the plate and blades liecome worn, thereby presenting a sharp edge to the cutting blades until the plate is worn out. It will likewise be seen that by forininfr the rcngs on the driving wheels 2, said whee will be prevented from slipping when wet grass is encountered.

What I claim is:

In combination with a mower including rotatable cutting blades; a fixed plate cai'- ried by the mower beneath the cutting blade arranged in a horizontal plane the forward edge of said plate being provided with a series of teeth having their tops beveled in the same lane. p In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Jorn CLARENCE REIMERS.

Witnesses:

I. H annis, v, 

